Women's Volleyball | 08/31/22 | 11:56 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo.  – The NAIA released the first edition of the 2022 Women's Volleyball Coaches' Top 25 Poll on Wednesday. Carroll College made their initial appearance of the year, ranked No. 20 in the nation.
 
Carroll College, not appearing on the Preseason Poll, jumped into the top-20 after an excellent showing in their first eight matches.
 
The Saints have gone 6-2 to begin the year, with wins over Preseason No. 17 Ottawa (Ariz.) and (RV) Embry-Riddle (Ariz.). Carroll's only two set backs are against teams both ranked in the top-10, No. 7 Eastern Oregon and No. 6 Jamestown.
 
Carroll Volleyball has had a great week on the national scale, with the Saints now in a ranked position, and DS Julia Carr (Portland, Ore. / JR) being named the NAIA Defensive Player of the Week.
 
No. 13 Montana Tech is the only other Frontier Conference school to appear on the list, with Providence dropping out of the poll.
 
This is the first time Carroll has cracked the top-20 in the national ranking since 2016, and their first appearance on the poll since 2017.
 
Carroll will return to action this weekend at the Premier Labor Day Classic, playing matches against (RV) MidAmerica Nazarene, (RV) Ottawa (Kan.), Valley City State, and Benedictine.